RC Retake

The primary factor in von Thünen's model for choosing commercial farm products is

• market location

• climate

• land price

• soil character

Subsistence farmers must feed an increasing number of people because of the rapid population growth in 

• in European states

• developing countries

• in MDCs

• in developed countries

Pressure to contribute to international trade means that _______________ farmers increasingly grow crops to export rather than to consume at home.

• wheat

• agribusiness

• subsistance

• commercial

Which region faces the greatest challenge in providing enough food for a growing population?

• Europe

• Latin America

• South Asia

• Africa

Which of the following crops is has increased in exports in developing countries?

• Maize

• Drugs

• Drugs

• Wheat

Which form of agriculture takes place in ring 1?

• Dairy/Market gardening

• Grain

• Livestock Ranching

• Market

Which form of agriculture takes place in ring 2?

• Dairy/Market Gardening

• Wilderness

• Forestry

• Livestock

Which form of agriculture takes place in ring 3?

• Wilderness

• Forestry

• Livestock ranching

• Grain

Which form of agriculture takes place in ring 4?

• Livestock ranching

• Dairy/Market Gardening

• Grain

• Wilderness

In some regions, farmland is abandoned for the lack of water. Especially in semiarid regions, human actions are causing land to deteriorate to a desertlike condition, a process called

• agribusiness

• waterlogged

• desertification

• deforestation